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Legislative Witnesses

October 17, 2024 2:10 pmOctober 17, 2024 2:18 pm

Chapter 4 deals with witnesses. Section 9400 defines the term “committee.” Section 9401 provides that a subpoena requiring the attendance of any witness before the Senate, Assembly, or a committee may be issued by the President of the Senate, Speaker...

California’s Judicial Holidays

October 17, 2024 6:55 amOctober 17, 2024 6:56 am

The California Code of Civil Procedure, in Part 1, Title 1, Chapter 6, Article 3, specifies judicial holidays observed in this state. Section 133 provides that courts of justice may be held and judicial business transacted on any day, except...

Ringside: Would Suing the Bureaucracy Bring Us More Water?

October 17, 2024 6:30 amOctober 17, 2024 6:31 am

There isn’t a major water project in California in the last 30 years or more that hasn’t been subject to relentless litigation. Usually the litigators represent powerful environmentalist organizations, sometimes they represent social justice groups, and sometimes they represent labor....

Family Members Hold Presser to Free Menendez Brothers

October 16, 2024 4:50 pmOctober 16, 2024 4:50 pm

Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their parents, Jose and Kitty. That has never really been at issue. In fact, they snuck up on them and shotgunned both of them from behind – Kitty wasn’t quite dead so one of the...

Gavin Newsom Chases Another Oil Company Out of California

October 16, 2024 3:55 pmOctober 16, 2024 8:07 pm

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to close operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery late in 2025. The company said in a press statement that it “will work with the state of California to supply fuel markets and meet...

Legislative Offices around the State

October 16, 2024 12:45 pmOctober 16, 2024 4:35 pm

Section 9100 provides that legislative offices for the use of the Members of the Legislature in the performance of their legislative duties, are to be maintained at all times, and without regard to whether the Legislature is or is not...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Sues California Coastal Commission

October 16, 2024 7:59 amOctober 16, 2024 4:36 pm

The California Coastal Commission is living up to its dodgy reputation, and is now getting sued by the world’s richest entrepreneur for it. Last week, the CCC voted to deny more launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara...